Iran
2026
STATUSRetentionist
EXECUTIONS 2026869
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- theocratic republic
- CONSTITUTION
- December 1979, revised in 1989 to extend presidential power
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Sharia law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majles-e-Shura-ye-Eslami)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
Shia majority; 10% Sunni; Christian, Jewish, Bahá'í, and Zoroastrian minorities
From the country
MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Zarei and Mosib Farhadi executed in Shiraz on May 19
MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdullah Pashan executed in Kahnouj on May 19
MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Setareh Taherlou, executed in Damghan on May 19
- MAY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hashem Mirzaei executed in Ahvaz on May 18
- MAY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mojtaba Mansouri executed in Yazd on May 18
- MAY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Armin Bahrami executed in Karaj on May 18
MAY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sirus Jafari executed in Kermanshah on May 18
MAY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Asghar Baghbani executed in Nishapur on May 18
MAY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Sabzevar on May 18
- MAY 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Adnan Labakpour and Reza … executed in Ilam on May 17
- MAY 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behrooz Fathollahi executed in Ilam on May 17
MAY 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadvali Ahangari executed in Khorramabad on May 17